MADISON PARISH CIVIL WAR CLAIMANTS

By Richard P. Sevier (dicksevier@gmail.com)

In 1871 the United States government allowed individuals to file claims against the government for damage incurred to their property during the Civil War. This could have been anything from damage to crops and buildings to outright confiscation of the land. It is said that many people who filed these claims were Union sympathizers. In the case of Madison Parish there were probably very few, if any, Union sympathizers, and therefore there were probably very few, if any, claims granted. These claims are known by the National Archives and Records Administration as the “Southern Claims Commission” records.

The following is a list of Madison Parish landowners who filed damage claims against the United States government between 1871 and 1880. Some names are misspelled and an educated guess of the correct spelling is shown in parentheses The data has been excerpted from “Civil War Claims in the South 1871-1880” by Gary B. Mills, published in 1980 by Aegean Park Press.

For information on these claims write to: National Archives and Records Administration
Center for Legislative Archives (NWL), Room 8E
7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20408

(FAX; 202-219-2176)

or email inquire@nara.gov with as many details as possible

Case Number Name

19,882 Rice C. Ballard, Est. of

6,936 Matilda Banks

17,269 Henrietta Baurs (Bauer) (See Henrietta – Southern Woman of Valor)

14,264 Susan A. Biggs

20,441 Robert W. Birney (Burney), Est. of (Owner of birthplace of Madam Walker)

14,265 Green L. Boney

6,945 Margaret Case

6,946 Rufus Case, Heirs of

10,243 Charles Delano

13,622 Wesley Dilts

11,005 Martha A. Gibbs

10,412 Patrick Gilfoil

13,243 Richard W. Graves, Est. of

18,148 Jackson Gray

15,238 Ann Minor Griffith

3,457 Frances Ann Griffith

20,964 Hayden, Wm.

3,792 B. S. Hine, Est. of

11,004 Anthony Hoggart (Hoggatt), Heirs of

3,171 Partrick Madden

21,800 Levin R. Marshall, Est. of

16,823 Mary A. McFarlan (Wife to-be of General Elias S. Dennis)

13,315 Arthur Miller

19,572 Ann Victoria Noland

7,677 J. A. Noulan (Noland)

17,339 Thomas Shaw

16,711 Amanda S. Stone (Kate Stone’s {of Brokenburn} mother)

10,682 Ezra B. Town (Towne) (First editor of Madison Journal)

20,440 Ezra B. Town (Towne)

21,983 Gabriel Utz

11,211 George Watt

14,766 Lee Whaley

20,442 Zachariah White, Est. of

20,439 Elizabeth M , Wolly, Heirs of